Rear light for rack

Oaf schrieb:

Quoted message said:

Hello,

The Hella RL-980 rear light which attaches to the rack of my touring
bike is about to give up the ghost. Shame, as it was an excellent
constant rear light.

I've had a look upon The Net to find a replacement, but they don't seem
to stock them anywhere. Does anyone have any other suggestions for good
rear lights with rack attachments?

Thanks,

Oaf

Busch & Müller D'Toplights
http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html

Volker Leimann said:

Oaf schrieb:

Quoted message said:

Hello,

The Hella RL-980 rear light which attaches to the rack of my touring
bike is about to give up the ghost. Shame, as it was an excellent
constant rear light.

I've had a look upon The Net to find a replacement, but they don't seem
to stock them anywhere. Does anyone have any other suggestions for good
rear lights with rack attachments?

Thanks,

Oaf

Busch & Müller D'Toplights
http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html

But see an earlier thread about confusion between the D and 4D models
though (1 and 4 diodes respectively)

best wishes
james

Oaf said:

I've had a look upon The Net to find a replacement, but they don't seem
to stock them anywhere. Does anyone have any other suggestions for good
rear lights with rack attachments?

I have a pair of Cateye AU100s attached to my rack.

Having two lights means I can be reassured that if one fails, there is
another for backup. (Chances of them both failing are slim, I reckon.)

And since I usually use them with one on flashing mode, one on steady
mode, I ought to have all bases covered with regard to legality and
visibility.

d.

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:35:07 +0200, Volker Leimann
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Busch & Müller D'Toplights
http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html

Specifically: the 4D model.

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

davek said:

I have a pair of Cateye AU100s attached to my rack.

How do they attach? I'm looking for something to rack-mount but the only
ones I'd found were the [4]DToplight units.

Jon

I found some lights that I attach to the rack on the rear.

Only cost £7.90 - make is Union. Probably not what you are after but I
am well happy with my find. Because the light screws in and looks like
a normal rear reflector (when not switched on), I don't have to remove
it ....

Got it from the LBS

Oaf said:

Hello,

The Hella RL-980 rear light which attaches to the rack of my touring
bike is about to give up the ghost. Shame, as it was an excellent
constant rear light.

I've had a look upon The Net to find a replacement, but they don't seem
to stock them anywhere. Does anyone have any other suggestions for good
rear lights with rack attachments?

In the finest traditions of URC I'll ignore your question and suggest
something else. Replace it with one, or even better, two flashing rear
lights. Cateye LD600s are a good place to start looking. I changed to
two flashing LD600s after seeing this setup on another bike. With one
on each side of the rack and the lights flashing out of synch it really
grabs the eye.
As of this month constant rear lights are no longer a legal
requirement and flashing red lights shout BIKE better than anything
else.
Iain

Just to clarify my post. LD600s do not have a rack attachment. Mine are
mounted on my rack on the ends of a length of thin aluminium tubing
attached across the rack and extending an inch or two either side. This
is a bit of a bodge but works well as I thing it increases the apparent
width of the bike at night. In line with the Theory of BIG.
Iain

Jon Senior' jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk said:

davek wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I have a pair of Cateye AU100s attached to my rack.

Quoted message said:

How do they attach?

There's a single self-tapping screw included in the package that screws
straight into the rear of the lamp body. It's pretty secure: I've had one
on the back of my Tubus Fly for about four years and many thousands of
miles without problems.

James Thomson

James Thomson said:

Jon Senior' jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk said:

davek wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I have a pair of Cateye AU100s attached to my rack.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

How do they attach?

Quoted message said:

There's a single self-tapping screw included in the package that screws
straight into the rear of the lamp body. It's pretty secure: I've had one
on the back of my Tubus Fly for about four years and many thousands of
miles without problems.

And the shape of the AU-100 also lends itself to a mudguard mount if you
prefer. Actually use mine on the seatpost of the Brom, but it's IMHO a
good unit that will work well in a number of places and is designed to
be seen from lots of angles.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Well, I already have 2 flashing LED lights on the back - a small Smart
5, attached to my underseat bag, and a Cateye TL-LD600, attatched to
the seatpost.

I wanted an extra (constant) light in the style of my Hella to complete
the package, so to speak.

Oaf

Quoted message said:

Just to clarify my post. LD600s do not have a rack attachment. Mine are
mounted on my rack on the ends of a length of thin aluminium tubing
attached across the rack and extending an inch or two either side. This
is a bit of a bodge but works well as I thing it increases the apparent
width of the bike at night. In line with the Theory of BIG.

It doesn't take a very large collections of mounting brackets to bodge
something together. I have two LD600s one mounted onto the mounting
bolt of a B&M D-Toplight via a couple of bits of other cat-eye bracket
and one bolted to the top plate of my rear rack. One light runs
vertically to teh side of the toplight and one horizontally above it

best wishes
james

Oaf said:

I wanted an extra (constant) light in the style of my Hella to complete
the package, so to speak.

AU-100 is either flashing or constant. It met the British Standard for
rear lamps before the flashing light ban disappeared at the start of the
month.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch said:

Oaf said:

I wanted an extra (constant) light in the style of my Hella to complete
the package, so to speak.

AU-100 is either flashing or constant. It met the British Standard for
rear lamps before the flashing light ban disappeared at the start of the
month.

only if you bought the extra mount. Even in constant mode it did not
meet the regs[1] with the mount it is supplied with.

Presumably is will do now provided it is in flashing mode...

best wishes
james

[1] can't recall why or where it was BS6102/3 or the Construction & Use
regs.

Jon Senior said:

How do they attach? I'm looking for something to rack-mount but the only
ones I'd found were the [4]DToplight units.

I have a TorTec rack which canme with a plate welded on at the back for
mounting lights. The lights are attached by means of little bolts that
screw into a hole in the rear of the light body - ISTR the bolts came
with the lights.

The rack also has a fitting that juts out at the back for attaching a
standard Cateye bracket (this is in fact part of the reason I chose this
rack), but I found that the notches on the fitting weren't providing
enough grip to support the weight of the light, and it kept dipping
down. Also, using the plate means I can fit two lights side by side, and
that the fitting is "permanent", which I believe is what makes them "legal".

Having a rack with a mounting plate already fitted certainly makes life
easier, but I suspect it's not that difficult to cobble something
together if your rack doesn't already have that detail.

d.

James Thomson said:

There's a single self-tapping screw included in the package that screws
straight into the rear of the lamp body.

Yep, that's the one. :-)

d.

Quoted message said:

In the finest traditions of URC I'll ignore your question and
suggest something else. Replace it with one, or even better,
two flashing rear lights. Cateye LD600s are a good place to
start looking. I changed to two flashing LD600s after seeing
this setup on another bike. With one on each side of the rack
and the lights flashing out of synch it really grabs the eye.
As of this month constant rear lights are no longer a
legal requirement and flashing red lights shout BIKE better
than anything else.
Iain

I've just purchased a Cateye LD 1000. It's the first light I've seen
that has flash and constant or two different flash modes at the same
time. It's bright too but sadly no rack attachments.
--
the.Mark

I must say that the legality of having flashing light is a big step forward.

For rear lights I have 1 permanent light centrally mounted and 2 flashing
LED's mounted on each side of my rear rack. I have two front flashing
LED's-- one on either front fork and a helmet mounted permanent ( and
bright!!) light and when I look directly at the approaching traffic it is
in no doubt that I am there.

I also make good use of insulating tape to secure lights in the way I
want -- very cheap and most effective!

--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire,
England, United Kingdom.
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

In the finest traditions of URC I'll ignore your question and
suggest something else. Replace it with one, or even better,
two flashing rear lights. Cateye LD600s are a good place to
start looking. I changed to two flashing LD600s after seeing
this setup on another bike. With one on each side of the rack
and the lights flashing out of synch it really grabs the eye.
As of this month constant rear lights are no longer a
legal requirement and flashing red lights shout BIKE better
than anything else.
Iain

I've just purchased a Cateye LD 1000. It's the first light I've seen that
has flash and constant or two different flash modes at the same time. It's
bright too but sadly no rack attachments.
--
the.Mark

OK... how do I tell which I've received from the CTC shop (who couldn't
be bothered to answer the Email query I sent them)?

It's got 2 LEDs, but has "4D Toplight" written on the top of it.

Oaf